They were busy for more than an hour, and it wasn't until Zhou Yue was sleepy that the sisters were allowed to return to their small courtyard. Mai Xiaohuan slowly realized the reason why Zhou Yue asked her to clean her residence at night.

Because he spent most of his afternoon in his study or living room, and hardly went back to his lodgings. Only in the evening will I have leisure time to toss, one will let myself make food, and the other will find fault with the poisonous tongue.

Now that people have put out all the requirements, Mai Xiaohuan is also very conscious, and every day when she goes to Zhou Yue's place, she serves prepared food. After cooking so many times, Mai Xiaohuan finally understood that what Zhou Yue likes to eat is actually those dishes with sweet and sour tastes, which are slightly sour and slightly sweet, and he actually doesn't like the too strong taste. However, he doesn't pay much attention to some small details, and spicy food can also be eaten, so he gave Mama Li a chance.

It's good to know his taste, Mai Xiaohuan improved the sweet and sour dishes he knew a little, and then made them for Zhou Yue to eat.

Seeing that the Mai family sisters are very dedicated to the little master, they don't say much, Mai Xiaofang is diligent, and Mai Xiaohuan is sensible. After carefully observing for a few days, Mama Tian also saw that the sisters were simple-minded, and they didn't have any idea of wanting to cling to Yifeng Garden, Wangfu, and the little master.

The change in Mama Tian's attitude, like a weather vane, made the descendants of Yifeng Garden and even the entire Lotus Courtyard smile at the Mai family sisters again. Someone took the initiative to say hello on the road, and their share of things in the yard would be set aside first......

Just when everything is slowly improving, the pace of the New Year is also approaching, seeing that it is almost the twentieth month of the lunar month, the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, Mai Xiaohuan and Mai Xiaofang's hearts also flew out of the lotus courtyard, and the topics of conversation when they can't sleep at night revolve around family and the New Year. The more this happens, the more homesick they become, and they can't study and do things with peace of mind.

After being knocked on the head by Zhou Yue for two days in a row, Mai Xiaohuan mustered up the courage to ask for leave.

Is the Chinese New Year coming so soon? Others are looking forward to reuniting with their families during the New Year, but they are in a state where their father doesn't care and no mother asks. In order to confuse his stepmother, in order to return to the capital and everything can go smoothly, this year, he can only spend it in Qingcheng County, Zhou Yue stared at the table in front of him, and the people next to him neither dared to disturb nor speak at will.

The Mai sisters, especially the younger sisters, have the ability to make the little master relax and happy, and if they are gone, the little master will have a lot less smile and fun.

Mama Tian asked Mai Xiaohuan if she wanted to stay in Yifeng Garden to celebrate the New Year with everyone, and Zhou Yue's master and servant also focused their eyes on Mai Xiaohuan, although they didn't open their mouths to stay, the meaning in their eyes was quite obvious.

"I ...... Something has happened at home recently, so ...... "How can I have the heart to stay here for the New Year, and I don't know what is going on with the eldest brother and little aunt's family now!" If he could leave without being punished, Mai Xiaohuan would have run home a long time ago.

Yes! They still have a lot of bad things in their family, I don't know if they can handle it! This girl is also endurable enough, it has been almost two months since the Tang family boy reported the news, and she only mentioned the matter of going home today, which is really calm.

Zhou Yue raised his hand to stop Mama Tian from continuing to persuade, and asked Mai Xiaohuan what the agreement was between Mai Xiaohuan and Qi Ningshan at the beginning, and how the moon silver was calculated.

Qi Ningshan? After thinking for a while, Mai Xiaohuan realized that Zhou Yue was talking about the county lord: "If according to the original agreement, I have thirty taels of silver every year, and my second sister has ten taels." ”

"I think the two of you should be upside down, anyone with a discerning eye can see that your second sister can do more than you."

Zhou Yue began to taunt Mai Xiaohuan again, and the people in the room were now accustomed to his picky and poisonous tone. It's strange to say, he treats others and other things quite normally, only Mai Xiaohuan can get this kind of "honor".

As long as he is happy, this verbal attack is nothing at all in Mai Xiaohuan's opinion, there is a bit of Zhou Yu's taste of beating Huang Gai between the two of them, one is willing to fight and the other does not want to suffer, Mai Xiaohuan sometimes laughs at herself, she has already broken the jar in front of Zhou Yue.

Xiaofuzi said: "There are still ten days left before the New Year!" Is it appropriate for you to leave now? ”

"We didn't want to leave tomorrow, didn't we say hello to Yue Gongzi in advance? Brother Qu must not worry about the two of us going back by ourselves, it will take at least three days to come and go this time, and we can't let him spend the New Year on the road! ”

I can't see that this girl's popularity is quite good, not only is there a carriage from the county guard's mansion, but the son of the county guard's mansion will personally accompany her: "Are you sure Qu Hao will personally send you home!" He is now Xie Yuan, and his identity has long changed. ”

"Brother Qu will definitely give it to us." Mai Xiaohuan said firmly that she knew and firmly believed that Qu Hao would not change.

Zhou Yue expressed his disbelief, Mai Xiaohuan wanted to bet with him, but he refused, the two of them were like children, and they refused to give in to each other for trivial things.

also said that he and Tang Yujun are like children, are these two in front of him stronger than him? Where's the strength? Mai Xiaofang used her elbow crutches and reached out to pinch her sister, and finally stopped her sister. Breathing a sigh of relief, Mai Xiaofang timidly asked Zhou Yue and Mama Tian if they could give the two of them half a day off, they wanted to go to the street to buy some New Year's goods.

What are the customs of Qingcheng County for the New Year, what do you need to prepare, Mama Tian wanted to inquire with the sisters, Mai Xiaohuan recommended the mother-in-law Lin and Tang Yujun's mother-in-law, they have lived in Qingcheng County for many years, and they should be able to help Mama Tian.

The bad girl has a lot of eyes and knows how to help her own people fight for opportunities without showing a trace. All the officials and gentry in Qingcheng County racked their brains to get in touch with the Chenwang Mansion and themselves, and the County Shoufu and the Tang family were of course no exception, should they help her achieve her wish!

"I'm going to eat sweet and sour fish, wontons, cold noodles these days......" Zhou Yue took the opportunity to order the dish, and if he didn't get some benefits, he wanted to give her stepmother and friends a chance, dreaming!

After ordering all the dishes he had eaten and seen Mai Xiaohuan make, Zhou Yue waited for Mai Xiaohuan to give him an answer.

"Got it." Mai Xiaohuan replied coyly, he just made a suggestion, he was going to make him a big table of delicious food, when will this kind of oppressed and bullying day be a head!

Dare to put on a face for himself, Zhou Yue ignored Mai Xiaohuan's resistance, and played her again: "You have been doing things in Yifeng Garden for so long, and it is not good to let you go home empty-handed during the New Year, Mama Tian, give them a silver ticket of one hundred taels and ten taels of broken silver tomorrow, and tell Qi Ningshan to give them the silver too, otherwise what will the bad girl use to buy New Year's goods!" ”

"You...... Did you agree to give us a fake? ”

"Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, I don't want to see someone make mistakes in front of me all day long, with a gloomy face, pouting their mouth, and ugly to death."

"You go shopping tomorrow afternoon, and go home after the New Year!"

Mai Xiaohuan turned around and hugged the second sister, grabbed Zhou Yue's sleeve, and thanked him crookedly.

"Let go, you're getting more and more unruly." Although he said fiercely, Zhou Yue neither moved nor shook off Mai Xiaohuan's hand.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Lin family and the Bai family waited in the living room of Yifeng Garden early, and Mama Tian arranged the things in the garden, and under the embrace of the Mai sisters and the little maids, she had a few simple greetings with the Lin family and the Bai family, and walked out of the lotus courtyard together.

This is the first time that the Mai sisters have been allowed to go out shopping since they lived in the Lotus Courtyard! Walking on the street, Mai Xiaohuan smelled the wind, as if there was a smell of freedom.

If she is asked to make a wish in the New Year, the first in line must be to pray for Zhou Yue to return to Beijing as soon as possible and to be free as soon as possible.

When they went out, Lin and Bai took over the position of the Mai sisters, and while explaining the folk customs of Qingcheng County to Mama Tian, they also wholeheartedly introduced the items that must be prepared for the New Year, from food to use.

There are not so many rules for the New Year in the small village, and Mai Xiaohuan gave the second sister five taels of silver when she went out. And told her to spend as much as she wanted, just buy food and clothing for herself, and don't care about other people, and everything that needs to be added to the house will come out of the money she brought.

Early this morning, Mama Wang sent the maid next to her to send the silver that the sisters deserved, forty taels and a lot of money, and ten taels more, and the maid said that the county lord gave their sisters a reward for the New Year. Each person also received a new set of clothes, new shoes, and an elaborate purse.

Looking at the silver tickets and silver ingots in front of her, Mai Xiaofang counted them over and over again, and she was happy all morning. She also said that seeing this, the sadness and grievances of the past year immediately dissipated, and she decided to come to the Lotus Temple to do things again the next year.

More than a hundred taels of silver can make the second sister happily talk about it for a morning, and Mai Xiaohuan felt sour and sour in her heart. She gave ten taels of silver to her second sister on the spot, and asked her to buy whatever she wanted.

"If you save a little money in our house, ten taels of silver is enough for a year, you don't know what kind of character I am, I have silver in my arms, and I don't want to go home until I spend it. You can give me two taels, and take the rest back to my mother for safekeeping, the eldest brother will be eighteen after the New Year, and it is time to save money to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

People have already had a goal, if nothing else, I'm afraid that the family affairs have been set at this time. Only the second sister still stupidly thought that Mu Ne's eldest brother would wait for the matchmaker to introduce him before he could marry his daughter-in-law!

Let's not tell the truth for the time being, let her be happy for a few more days! When I got home, everything came to a conclusion.

In the end, Mai Xiaohuan still handed the second sister five taels of silver, and spent more than half a year in Yifeng Garden, even if it was her spiritual compensation, if it wasn't for the second sister who had been with her, Mai Xiaohuan wouldn't dare to resemble what her life in the Lotus Courtyard would be like.

Touching the silver in his arms and thinking about the troubles at home, Mai Xiaohuan had already made a decision, and after returning home, he would see the situation first. If the eldest brother is too disagreeable, and the woman is too much, he will only help his father and mother until they become relatives.

If the situation wasn't so bad, it wouldn't be a good idea to take out more money, and it would be a big deal to sell a few more recipes to the Tang family.